MeDHa – Define-Design-Develop-Deliver Innovative Medical Devices

Want to solve a real healthcare problem?
Become a medical device entrepreneur!

Innovate in elderly care and Med-Tech
(Diagnostics, Monitoring and Rehabilitation)

Learn how to identify the right problem to solve, quickly create prototype, get clinical feedback, make business plan.

Define

Videos of curated problems will be shared with the participants to understand problems in real-life situations and to define a unmet need.

Design

Come up with a succinct problem statement and conceptualize multiple possible solution.

Develop

Build a working prototype using various electronic development kits, 3D design and printing facilities, mechanical hardware tools etc.

Deliver

Finish the prototype, develop its business model and regulatory clearance pathway for an holistic solution to the unmet need in the final presentation.

Who should join?

Innovative Thinkers, Creative Designers, Hands-on Makers & Engineers
Doctors and other Healthcare Professionals

You may also qualify for incubation support at IISc or BETiC, IIT Bombay

Learn how to identify the right problem to solve, quickly create prototype, get clinical feedback, make business plan. Join for 4-days of intense workout to sow the seeds of your medical device company.

Eligibility: Working professionals – clinicians, engineers, biomedical scientist, as well as final year UG/PG students in any discipline are invited to apply. Proven capability for innovation is essential; prior exposure to medical field is desirable.

Fees: Rs. 2500, which covers access to all sessions, course material, basic kit, and working lunch. Only invited participants need to pay the fees.

Participants need to make their own travel arrangements. Limited accommodation is available near IISc on first-come-first serve basis. Partial fee waiver is available for deserving students.

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Get the guidance from domain experts

Manish Arora

Assistant Professor, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, IISc

Biomedical Devices, Co-Design, Collaboration and Open-Source

Amaresh Chakrabarti

Professor and Chairman, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing

Design Synthesis and Creativity Eco-Design and Sustainability AI and Data Analytics Product Informatics Smart Manufacturing Biomedical Devices Sensors/Actuators

B Ravi

Institute Chair Professor, and Head BETiC, IIT Bombay

G K ANANTHASURESH

Professor Mechanical Engineering, Co-chair, Biosystems Science and Engineering, IISc

Biomechanics, Micromanipulation, and Protein design, Compliant Mechanisms, Design optimization, Topology optimization, Mechanisms and kinematics, MEMS

Bikramjit Basu

Professor, Material Research Centre, IISc

Biomaterials for hard tissue replacement applications External field assisted cell-biomaterial interaction Spark Plasma Sintering of Nanoceramics and Nanoceramic composite

A Maulishree

CEO, ICT Skills Development Society, Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Government. of Karnataka

B Gurumurthy

Professor, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, IISc

CAD, Product Informatics, Computational Metrology, Computer Aided Prototyping

Dibakar Sen

Professor, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing, IISc

Computational Product Ergonomics Digital Human Modeling Mechanical Assembly of Structures and Systems 3D Articulated Product Sketching and Collaboration